---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, in crime victims, further providing for rights."
description: "An Act amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, in crime victims, further providing for rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 502"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 502 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0017e5f-87d3-40b0-bc5a-e5ab6ea4cdb6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=502"
source_hash: "d27663285bb5ac1ed3294f44980927aa58bc736accc463a6f3aee8fada9305c6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania HB 502 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, in crime victims, further providing for rights.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 0490** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0502&pn=0490)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **197–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Everett — cosponsor (person)
- Galloway — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mihalek — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
- Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0490 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0017e5f-87d3-40b0-bc5a-e5ab6ea4cdb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).